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Texas orders bars shut amid surge in confirmed virus cases

by Associated Press
| June 26, 2020 7:27 AM

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Gov. Greg Abbott shut down bars in Texas again on Friday and scaled back restaurant dining, the most dramatic reversals yet as confirmed coronavirus cases surge to record levels after the state embarked on one of America's fastest reopenings.

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